Show Off Your Horses!

[IceCat]

thanks, they all have too much personality for their own good haha

I hear ya ... I have an Arab and when we moved to 2 A we adopted a nice Appy who is blind in one eye and they absolutely love each other. My Arab was jumping fences before we moved from Flagstaff to visit neighbor horses ... now that he has a girlfriend he is so happy he never ever looks down the road.

Horses are such spiritual animals, are they not !​

 

[WIChookchick]

The story of Bill reminds me of Moose, the belgian I saved from an auction.
He wasn't an Amish horse, but had pulled buggies around our state capitol for years and on a team hitch.
He had come with the name Barnie, as his team mate had been named Fred.. But they had been sold seperately after Fred couldn't pull anymore.
I saw an ad for an estate auction and went to it. Saw this severely underweight belgian draft horse standing in a low barn tied in the aisle with rotting goat skins
around him.
I couldn't let him stay there and with the help of a very nice young lady who was bidding on a surrey they had there, she recognized him from his carriage horse days,
and we struck a deal. She paid for most of him, got the harness that he wore, and I got him.
I boarded him with her, and after starting him on a diet to help him gain weight he nearly foundered. But with quick thinking and great vets, he pulled out of it.
I ended up moving him after I paid her back, and then moving the poor guy another time to a nice larger boarding stable, he started
to gain the weight he needed.
I had made friends with a wonderful lady who really bonded with Moose (I renamed him moose due to his HUGE upper lip and how he would reach with it for things) and the thought of Barney
made me thing of a big purple dinosaur.
I gave her Moose after she bought a horse that had turned out to not have been ridden in 7 yrs. We sort of traded, she had to move to Ann Arbor or there abouts.
I took care of Moose for 4 months while she got set up, got a job and found a boarding stable similar to the one he was at.
I remember the day we climbed up into the pasture, she called out to him...
"Moosie, Moosie, Moosie!!" The thunder of his hooves, and the herd behind him, he hadn't seen her in soo long, but his bond with her was true.
He as 17 or 18 yrs old then, gleaming with health, and hugged her soo hard!!
I will have to find the pics, but they are close by.
I helped her find a shipper, and get him his traveling papers, and off he went. He settled in fine there.
That was several years ago now. I am sure he is in horse heaven, but hope he is still around.
Sometimes a horse crosses your path, and you help it to find the person they are meant to be with. I have done it a few times now.
The horse that hadn't been ridden for 7 yrs, went on to be a great kids/family horse. An even trade for a morgan/qh gelding, who went on to be a trusted friend and trail mount
for a lady who had some bad falls and fear issues with horses.
A 3 yr old 3/4 arab 1/4 asb gelding purchased at an auction, kept just long enough to get his papers, and sold for a 100 more than I paid for him to a great trainer who showed him, and then sold him to a show home.
I am doing that now with the arab gelding I got for free, he needs to go to a show home.
And its how Indi, my mare is for me. She was donated to a program in KY, sold to a fellow in the WI Dells, who was down there visiting and riding. He posted an ad on a web group I belonged to when MSN had its groups. He was changing his focus of his rent by the hour riding stable.
I have a daffy, neurotic asbx who is a great horse willing to do anything I ask her.

Just wanted to share.
Carol

 

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[Msbear]

Carol, what a great story. I sometimes feel bad that they all cannot stay here but, you're right, the important thing is to give them the chance, in a safe place, to meet someone that is right for them... And, sometimes, it's packing on the pounds or calming some nerves to get that horse to the point they are ready. I would love to be a rescue but don't have the land, quarantine space and experience in the saddle to train them... But, we do what we can do.. and, it makes a huge difference.

Thanks for posting.

 

[BobwhiteQuailLover]

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[petchickenlover]

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I LOVE sugar!

haha thanks! she seems to think she's 13 and not over 20 lol.

 

[Haviris2]

Ok, here is our equine family, currently there are 5, hopefully by this time next year we'll be down to 3,

This is MY horse, Gypsy, 7 year old APHA mare,

Next is Genie, my pony mare, she was supposed to be a project horse my sister and brother in law talked me into, but haven't seen them around in probably 6 months. We were told she was 4 when we got her last year, but I think she's more like 7,

And some snow pics from the other week,

More in next post.

 

[IceCat]

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Beautiful companions you have !!!!

 

[Haviris2]

These two belong (belonged) to my sister and brother in law, but it's starting to look like they may be mine now (unfortunately I can't afford 3 horses and a pony),
Magic is a 9 year old APHA gelding,

And Wizard is a 10 year old APHA gelding,

And finally Socket is my dad's horse, an 11 year old APHA gelding,

 

[The Wolf Queen]

Haviris2 if I was a millionare Id take all your horses except the pony. Nothing against her but I dont have any friends or family who could ride a pony. Actually if you lived closer I would probably steal that grulla mare of yours lol. Grulla is my fave color & I love it when I see a grulla with chrome